Do You Hear What I Hear?
Clelia’s Guitar Studio strums into the season with annual student holiday concerts Dec. 13 & 14 from Staff Reports The sounds of the season will ring out once again at Clelia’s Guitar Studio in West Ashley as students take the stage for the studio’s annual holiday...
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All In the Family
The Mobros are Kelly and Patrick Morris. The name, “The Mobros” simply stands for “Morris Brothers.” But while the chosen name for this electric songwriting duo may be simple, their songs are not so simplistic. Growing up in rural South Carolina the brothers’ learned...
Ring Them Bells
Grace United Methodist Church will host a concert by the Wesley Bell Ringers at 7pm. on Sunday, June 12, The church welcomes the public to enjoy this free concert, which will feature 17 teenaged ringers playing more than 150 handbells and hand chimes. The concert will...
chART-A-Rama Returns
During his run up to city’s highest office, mayoral candidate John Tecklenburg said he wanted to bring more cultural events to West Ashley. This week the newly-minted mayor proved those weren’t just empty campaign promises. Tecklenburg, who is also an accomplished...
4th Wall Presents Visual Alchemy: Afrofuturism
This week a unique exhibit comes to West Ashley when 4th Wall presents Visual Alchemy: Afrofuturism, a collection of work from Cedric Umoja, Krigga, and Roni Nicole Henderson. The exhibit officially opens on Thursday, June 9 with an artist talk with Umoja, Krigga, and...
West Ashley's Art Scene Evolves
It looks like everyone wants to get into the act, as several local groups have joined with City Hall’s recent effort to expand and strengthen arts programming in West Ashley. For years, the Charleston arts’ spotlight has been trained on the peninsula, with its...
A Sweetheart From The South
You’ll find Laura Jane Vincent performing everywhere from clubs to coffee shops, art galleries to festivals, and everywhere in-between. This multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter will play the Tin Roof in West Ashley Thursday, May 26. Hailing from North...
Hey Mama, Welcome to the 60s
This week West Ashley High School presents its yearly musical when they perform the Broadway hit Hairspray in the school’s auditorium on May 18, 19, 20. With more than 70 Honors Drama IV and Drama IV students making up the cast of characters and crew, theater-goers...
A Little Sketchy
Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art school is an alt-drawing movement where artists draw glamorous underground performers in an atmosphere of boozy conviviality. Known for its Anti-Art sentiment, Dr. Sketchy's brings old school art sketching to a cabaret-type setting creating a...
Leisurely Pursuits and Grand Entertains
Which sports were popular in Colonial America? How did gentlemen, ladies, and children amuse themselves in the 18th Century when invited to Middleton Place on a warm Spring afternoon? And what about enslaved Africans, who despite their oppression, found time for...
Shaking Up The ‘Natural Order’of Things
West Ashley author Ali Akhyari just released his first book, Natural Order, a collection of six works of short-fiction. As a whole, the book calls into question a variety of social norms and cultural biases while ringing a bell of rebellion and a return to simpler...
